cutting up scraps

well I went to a friends house for a few days to get help with new embroidery machine.  I have a quilt to finish that had 2 big blocks left to do and they needed to be re hooped. So the new machine has bigger hoops, but still needed to re hoop them due to the design being made to re hoop.   I got them done. Well as things will have it I ran out of the green thread I was using so we went to one store but they quit carrying that brand.  so nest morning went to another great shop and they had it, but bad news is that the thread cost me 100.00  since I had to buy some great sale fabrics!!!   then since we were close to the other great show had to go there too and another hundred dollars late left . I had been seeing special fabric on internet  that I wanted and they had it so just bought it to make a special quilt.   Went back to her house and finished the blocks.  I just need to make the border for these to blocks and add them to the quilt will post a picture when top is done.

Then we played with the machine making a in the hoop bag with a zipper, it turned out great. I am going to make some more hopefully for Easter.  Also made some bunny lip balm holders they are so cute.

I took a over-sized bag and  another plastic bag of scraps and I cut them all into 2 1/2 inch squares with her accuquilt go baby.  this was fun and fast also they are perfect.  Now I need to start my next leader and ender making 9 patches.l 

Well back home and back to working on customer quilts this week. 

Happy quilting,
Sharon J

Not much sewng

I have not done much sewing this last week due to having the grand boys for spring break. I sorted scraps and did some cutting of scraps too.

I also tried something new today . The grand boys were doing diamond painting and showed me how to do it. When met their mom  so they could go home she had one for me. I worked on it a little today so much fun and easy. It is all I did today except look through some quilt  magazines but I feel better this evening.

Hi,
I got a project started on my new embroidery machine this last week. This is so fun being able to do bigger projects.  I have the blocks made for a table runner hope to get it sewn together today. 
Snowing here so not going out.   headed to sew when finished posting this.
Yesterday went with hubby to his United Bow Hunters anual meeting and banquet in Springfield Il.  A another friend came with her hubby too.  We went shopping  We hit the hobby shops.  Went to Tuesday Morning and found some rolls of 2 1/2 inch strips  some were Benertex and other had no name on them.  I got 2 xmas ones and another one with browns plus a bundle of fat quarters.  Friend got some too.   Good deals.   rolls were $7.99 each with 20 strips  and the Benertex roll of 40 strips was $22.00

then we went to Joann's  and found 5 inch square packs for $8.99 but had buy 1 get 1 free.   so I bought 2 packs and got 2   of off white. great background   also went to Micheal's but did not find anything.   had a great lunch at Panera's  soup and salad.  

Then met back up with husbands for the evening meal  great food and speakers and auction.  Mine won an auction item and we each won a silent auction time. Mine was Cubs steak knives and his was fishing flies.   Mine will be a gift and he will use his when weather gets warmer.

Got home about midnight and a few snowflakes were starting so did good. 

OK off to sew

Happy quilting until next time

Sharon J